10/06/2026
1. A woman who can only put herself first when everyone else has been sorted will never truly value her own needs. The problem isn’t looking after or caring for others, the problem is doing it so extensively that she forgets to think about herself at all. After a while it becomes so unusual and uncomfortable to put herself first that she avoids it entirely and feels utterly selfish when she doesn’t.
2. A woman who only feels worthy when she is being useful is only one quiet day or one illness away from feeling like s**t. If she cannot separate her worth and her ability to be loved from her productivity and usefulness to others, she can never truly stop being busy. To stop being productive is not the problem, feeling like the only way to be loved is by being productive is.
3. A woman who cannot say what she enjoys anymore is not a woman who can live a life that is rich in colour and emotions. She has spent so long ignoring her own wants and needs and focussing on everyone else’s that she’s forgotten how to listen to them. When she turned down the dial on her uncomfortable emotions, she accidentally turned down her joyful emotions too and now her life feels flat and grey.
4. A woman who is fiercely independent and reliable, always known as the strong one, the capable one, the one who doesn’t make a fuss and gets s**t done- is the woman that needs the most support and love. She is so brave and resilient that she has slowly convinced herself that everyone needs help, except her. She is exhausted and drained and not very far (if not already there) from resenting everyone in her life.
5. The woman that feels guilty for wanting more from her life is the one who has spent so long giving every ounce of her love, time and energy to everyone else that her brain has tricked her into believing she doesn’t deserve the same. If she cannot recognise that she deserves the same standard of care she gives to everyone else, she will feel so disconnected from her life she’ll want to walk out the door and never come back.
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